Example sentences of "if [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the patina chemical is too strong , dilute with a little water and , if using it for the first time , do a test on a sample piece of copper . |
| 2 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 3 | The man looked at the boys as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 4 | Julius looked at her jeans and T-shirt , as if seeing them for the first time . |
| 5 | Eddie 's gaze ran on round the room , taking in , as if seeing them for the first time , the stool and easel , the framed reproduction Leonardo drawings on the walls , the low divan bed . |
| 6 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 7 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 8 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 9 | He moved round and joined them and stared intently at the portrait as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 10 | Sam looked at the revolver as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 11 | Charles found he was watching much of the play as if seeing it for the first time . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry if landing you with the girl 's clothes is an embarrassment . |
| 13 | It is no more than the action of clashing their teeth together as if sinking them into the neck of the prey , in the specialized killing bite of the cat , but it has become a sound signal that many observers have commented on . |
| 14 | Jannie put her spare hand over her eyes as if shielding them from the sun , and closed out the sight of her husband . |
| 15 | Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) . |
| 16 | But on the following day he had shaved the red stubble from his chin , was wearing a cleaner shirt , and was once more beginning to adopt a stern and over-bearing expression The Magistrate continued to give the orders which regulated the defence of the enclave , but in a subdued tone , as if referring them to the final authority of the Collector , should he wish to exercise it . |
| 17 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |